Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.

The past is for learning from, not for living in.

The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

The everyday practice is simply to develop complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can't solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

The moment you note a thought, it disappears. The noting mind keeps the hindrances away.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

The perfect moment is this one, not the one you're waiting for.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.